惠妮·伊丽莎白·休斯頓(英语:Whitney Elizabeth Houston,1963年8月9日-2012年2月11日)是位曾獲得葛萊美獎的美國R&B歌手、演員、電影製作人與並曾擔任模特兒。她以強而有力的嗓音、一字多轉音的感染力與寬廣的音域為世人所熟知,並成為國際樂壇天后。
在1980年代,惠妮是米高·積遜以外少數能夠在 MTV 獲得大量的播出机会的黑人艺人之一,而那時是男性為主的搖滾時代。AOL Black Voices 曾說「雖然她的成功如同避雷針一般,但總是能夠從她那優美且有力的聲音中得到證明。」而封她為 "The Voice" 更是使她聞名。她是唯一在美國擁有兩張最佳銷售前 35 名的專輯的女性歌手,更是唯一拥有在告示牌流行榜 (Billboard) 連續七首冠軍單曲紀錄的歌手。惠妮在全世界有超過一億 7000 萬張專輯的銷售紀錄。 根據 Ebony 雜誌,惠妮被認為是 20世紀中,世界最迷人的黑人女性前 100 名之一。
但自從在事業高峰時期嫁給 R&B 歌手 Bobby Brown 之後,使用禁藥與婚姻暴力的傳聞致使其唱片銷售量和公眾形象下降。在小報上出現有關對於她個人的麻煩事討論的次數,遠多於其音樂上的表現。惠妮開始不像一般歌手常會被看見或是聽見,她也停止在公開場合現身。惠妮在 2005年與 2006年接受兩次藥物治療計畫。在第二次(2006年)成功的完成治療計畫之後,惠妮與 Bobby Brown 離婚並且得到女兒 Bobbi Kristina 的監護權。並與音樂界的重量級人物、親近的朋友,以及良師益友 Clive Davis 一起,於2009年9月惠妮休斯頓發行她睽違7年的最新作品。
I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Everybody's searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me
[Chorus:]
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
[Chorus]
And if, by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love
There's a boy I know, he's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes, takes me to the clouds above
Ooh I lose control, can't seem to get enough
When I wake from dreaming, tell me is it really love
Chorus:
How will I know (Don't trust your feelings)
How will I know
How will I know (Love can be deceiving)
How will I know
How will I know if he really loves me
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I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me
I try to phone but I'm too shy (can't speak)
Falling in love is all bitter sweet
This love is strong why do I feel weak
Oh, wake me, I'm shaking, wish I had you near me now
Said there's no mistaking, what I feel is really love
Verse 1
Think about it
There must be higher love
Down in the heart or
Hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is wasted time
Look inside your heart,
I'll look inside mine
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair
We will walk the line
And try to see
Falling behind in what could be
Chorus
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love
Where's that higher love
I keep thinking of
Verse 2
Worlds are turning
And we're just hanging on
Facing our fear
And standing out there alone
A yearning and it's real to me
There must be someone
Who's feeling for me
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair
We will walk the line
And try to see
Falling behind in what could be
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bridge
I will wait for it
I'm not too late for it
Until then I'll sing my song
To cheer the night along
I could light the night up
With my soul on fire
I could make the sun shine
From pure desire
Let me feel that love come over me
Let me feel how strong it could be
Someone wants you
You know who
Now you're living
There's music in you
Now you'll hear
Something new
Someone's playing
The music in you
Now you're living
You know why
Now there's nothing
You won't try
Move a mountain
Light the sky
Make a wish come true
There is music in you
Now you can go where ever you want to go
Now you can do whatever you want to do
Now you can be whatever you want to be
And love is a song you will your whole life through
Move a mountain
Light the sky
Make a wish come true
There is music in you
Something's wrong
I don't understand
The way I feel
I don't know just where I am
There is some mistake
What am I doing here
Away from you
Where I belong
It isn't fair
Keeping us apart
And in return
I'm left with just my broken heart
I close my eyes
I feel you close to me
I'm in your arms
Where I belong
Eternal Love
Is all that I have to give
It's only for you I live
You're all that I've got
Just say you love me
And that no one else
Can ever make you feel the same
Something's wrong
I just don't understand
I've never felt this way
For any other man
My only dream
My one reality
My pledge to you
Eternal Love {Eternal love, Eternal love, Eternal love....}
All that I give you is
All that I have
Oh baby take me in your arms {I remember, I remember, I hear you call my name}
Just say you love me
And that no one else
Can ever make you feel the same {Oh no, Oh no, Oh no}
No one loves you like I love you
No one loves you like I do
It's just not fair
You can't keep me away
Cause I won't give you up
I've got to get you back today
My only dream
My one reality
My pledge to you
Eternal Love {Eternal love, Eternal love, Eternal love....}
Eternal Love Sweet Baby
{Nobody loves you like I love you} Nobody loves you like I love you
{Nobody loves you like I do} Nobody loves you like I love you
{Nobody loves you like I love you} Nobody loves you like I love you
{Nobody loves you like I do} Nobody Baby
Here we are again
That old familiar place
Where the wind will blow
No one ever knows
The time or space
Don't cry for me
Don't shed a tear
The time I've shared with you
Will always be
And when I'm gone
Still carry on
Don't cry for me
No one is the blame
My death was meant to be
Don't carry guilt or shame
Reason why I came
Soon you'll see
Don't cry
When life is not the joy
It should be
With life comes pain
Soon time will end its course appointed
Then you will be rewarded
And all this world will see
Many nights we prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hope for a song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could, whoa, yes
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe somehow you will
You will when you believe
[Mmmmmmmmmyeah]
Mmmyeah
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer bird
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My hearts so full, I can't explain
Seeking faith and speakin words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill (Mmm)
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe somehow you will
You will when you believe
[Hey]
[Ooh]
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fears
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see the way, get through the rain
A small but still, resilient voice
Says love is very near, oh [Oh]
There can be miracles (Miracles)
When you believe (Boy, when you believe, yeah) [Though hope is frail]
Though hope is frail [Its hard]
It's hard to kill (Hard to kill, oh, yeah)
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve (You can achieve, oh)
When you believe somehow you will (Somehow, somehow, somehow)
Somehow you will (I know, I know, know)
You will when you believe [When you]
(Ohoh)
[You will when you]
(You will when you believe)
[Oohoohooh]
[Oh... oh]
[When you believe]
[When you believe]
Each day I live
I want to be a day to give the best of me
I'm only one, but not alone
My finest day is yet unknown
I broke my heart for ev'ry gain
To taste the sweet, I faced the pain
I rise and fall, yet through it all this much remains
I was
One moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that on moment of time
I will feel, I will feel eternity
I will live to be the very best
I want it all, no time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance here in my hands
Give me
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You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine
Give me